#A7261B#A7261B

#A7261B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7261B
RGB	rgb(167, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 83.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 51.16, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 64.27, 37.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.1453 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.167 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8294, 9.6835, 2.0197)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7261B #1B9CA7

analogous

#A71B56 #A7261B #A76C1B

triadic

#A7261B #1BA726 #261BA7

tetradic

#A7261B #56A71B #1B9CA7 #6C1BA7

square

#A7261B #56A71B #1B9CA7 #6C1BA7

split-complementary

#A7261B #1BA76C #1B56A7

monochromatic

#3E0E0A #721A12 #A7261B #DC3224 #E46358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A7261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A7261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7261B

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7261B	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c59',
    500: '#a7261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7261b;
$custom-light: #cb6c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47889,
    "c": 0.167,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7261B

secondary

#56BFC8

accent

#E1EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7261B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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